Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The York City Walls
The city or ‘bar’ walls...
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City of Kings
The city of York and the Crown were...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
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A Learning City
York has always been a place of lear...
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Visible Roman York
The Yorkshire Museum in Museum Gar...
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Who Were the Vikings?
Vikings were sea-borne Scandinavians...
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A City Worth Visiting
With so much preserved history, attr...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- York's Medieval Synagogue
- Kirkgate: Victorian Street
- Bootham Bar
- The 1190 Massacre
- View from Station Rise
- York Union Gas Works
- Rowntree & Co: Chocolate Manufacturers
- New Shopping Centres
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- Saints and Prophets Statues from St. Marys Abbey
- The Debtors' Prison
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- A New Walk
- Transport Moves On
- Bathurst House 86, Micklegate
- Fourteen Centuries of Learning
- Cumberland House, King's Staith
- King's Manor - Victorian